Assistant Headteacher

For September 2023

Group 8 : NOR: 1740 (including 787 in sixth form)

Salary £67,740-£74,249 (L16-L20)

Promoting educational excellence and leadership skills

Beths is an academic institution that fosters an ethos in which working hard and wanting to achieve are the norm: where it’s cool to be clever and successful. This is as true for the staff as for the students. We are ambitious for the young people in our care and seek to help them secure the very best outcomes of which they are capable. As a selective school, the staff have the privilege of educating intellectually able young people; and the students have the privilege of being in classes in which progress in learning can be rapid, and subjects explored in real depth.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and inspirational individual with a proven track record of raising standards, who can make a significant contribution in the Senior Leadership Team’s pursuit of excellence. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified and experienced candidates, regardless of whether they have grammar school experience.

The successful candidate will be committed to promoting the school vision, an enthusiastic and passionate leader who is dynamic, be able to add further value to the Senior Leadership Team, be a strategic thinker, is an exceptional and experienced practitioner, innovative, caring, forward-thinking, totally committed, loyal, and passionate about making a difference.

The responsibilities of the role have not been defined as to invite applications from as wide a field as possible. We want to able to appoint the right person and we are confident that the current skills within the Senior Leadership Team are such that we are able rotate current responsibilities to accommodate the new appointment.

The school website www.beths.bexley.sch.uk will provide you with further information as well as the attachments below.

Closing date for applications is 9.00am on Friday 24thFebruary 2023.

Shortlisting will take place w/c 27th February 2023 and interviews will take place w/c 6th March 2023

Pre-application visits to the school are encouraged and can be made via HR@beths.bexley.sch.uk

·  Wednesday 22nd February 2023, 11:30am – 3pm

·  Thursday 23rd February 2023, 11:30am – 3pm

Please contact Ms Caitlin O’Connell, HR Administrator to arrange a visit to the School.

Tel: 01322 621203 Email: HR@beths.bexley.sch.uk

Beths Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.